Posts by Rob Stowell
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Geez David. Glad you're over at least one more hurdle. It’s been sooo bloody hard, with trip-wires and debt-mins and barbed-wire barricades in every direction. Hope you get some plain sailing soon.
We’ve had an easy run, insofar as we have a very liveable house.
Been waiting to be contacted, and get a scope of work, and some repairs done- with a vague sense that ‘plastering all the cracks and repainting’ was going to be expensive, but not entirely necessary. What’s necessary is getting rid of the drafts, and replacing a large beam that’s moved and made a gap between window and beam which is currently ‘sealed’ with duct tape; making sure the house is still water-tight, and remains so; getting the front door re-squared and hung; and fixing cracks in the stormwater drains.
So we just got an email on our ‘current status’ and when I could finally open the link, it sez we are in the ‘under $15k” category and will be sent a cheque some time before October so we can ’get on with organising our own repairs.”
Way to clear up a bunch of claims in a hurry.
But now I’m on the phone to EQC, wanting to know how they got this ’scope of work’ (from a brief half-hour walk-around two years ago, which did not touch on anything structural); and can I see it please.
Apparently to see it, we have to wait until ‘settlement’, settlement being the arrival of a cheque in the mail, which we can not cash and ‘dispute’ if we choose.
Sigh.
Still, it'll probably be enough to wrap the whole house in duct tape. -
A few more adults, too, I reckon :)
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And in more media news, Murdoch possibly caught admitting he knew of bribery, and heading for more trouble with the rozers?
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Well said.
The editorial packs so much stupid in so few words, you do have to laugh. I love "It contains obscenities and shock references that worthwhile literature does not need. "
"Worthwhile literature" - just want to roll that around on the tongue for a while, it's so gigglesome :) -
Digital production has changed with incredible speed. HD has gone from expensive professional formats to remarkable quality in 'throw-away' consumer gear in less than 5 years. It's astonishing, liberating, and a little daunting for anyone in the production game.
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Since you're here :)
What policies would you champion to reduce poverty in Aotearoa? Pretty broad question, so pick two :) -
Up Front: An Open Letter to the Labour…, in reply to Stephen Judd,
Why not talk to James and report back? He’s not hard to track down.
And then it’s pretty cheap to join the Labour party
Heh- I'm hoping he'll do some talking. But some questions on his website, for example, worth a shot. Will try!
I was a terrible member of the LP a few years back. Partly because I didn't seem to have any free time of an evening, and partly because the boundaries were re-drawn, and suddenly we were in Selwyn, which is blue as an April sky, in a political sky that seemed awful blue, and it felt a little hopeless.
Back in the day, I'd have been shot for defeatism :) -
Up Front: An Open Letter to the Labour…, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
bear some weird blood taint from their parents.
We all carry some of that, don't we? :)
James will make his own way, I'm sure. At the moment, he's more-or-less an unknown quantity. I don't think it's completely irrelevant his dad was my MP- and became NZ's finance minister- through some rather interesting years. -
Lovely pics, Gudrun. Esp Victoria Sq- gorgeous!
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Hard News: The future: be careful what…, in reply to martinb,
What has happened with Igloo?
Cheapskate attempt to hoover up those of us who have resisted pay-tv with some 'affordable' options?
It's not tempting ... yet. Be interesting to see how the 'pay-per-view' model, which they offer for some movies and sport, works out though.